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December 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 347
Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey (1970) Poor old Ringo Starr. I say “Poor old Ringo Starr”, when there’s nothing poor about him. Nice life, great drummer, in the best band in the world, lucky timing on that too, etc. And it really hasn’t mattered what he did after. I mean he’s as well-known – actually probably […]Archive
December 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 146: Harry Lyon
Welcome to episode 146 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FM you can get […]Archive
March 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 420
Jeff Lynne, Armchair Theatre (1990) I was pleased to find this. Jeff Lynne’s first solo album – arriving right at the end of the very hot streak that saw the Wilburys and all of the albums that Jeff worked on in and around that – Tom Petty, George Harrison, etc. I reckon Armchair Theatre is […]Archive
March 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
David Byrne: American Utopia
David Byrne American Utopia Nonesuch It’s almost incredible to think it’s been some 14 years between David Byrne solo albums. That’s because he’s busy writing operas, staging shows, sending out e-newsletters, publishing books, collaborating with old pals (Brian Eno) and new friends (St. Vincent) and scoring soundtracks. He’s doing anything he can to not agree […]Archive
June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Tweedy: Together At Last
Jeff Tweedy Together At Last Amazon Digital Services, LLC A stripped back set of band songs performed by the chief – the singer/songwriter – that’s the plan for Tweedy’s first proper solo album – and it works just fine. Very well in fact, particularly because after a lovely opening stroll through Via Chicago, its groove […]Archive
February 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 148 The Album
We have been recording it in our downtime since late last year and it is something I’ve been wanting to do or a long while. Back in the eighties we recorded in some wonderful studios – EMI, Marmalade, Last Laugh, Writhe but there were nearly always time and budget constraints. Our album The Moon was […]Archive
October 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Peter Garrett: A Version of Now
Peter Garrett A Version of Now Sony Music Peter Garrett’s first solo album has been cleverly designed to appeal, to remind you all of the sound he brought to Midnight Oil, or that the Oils gave to him; to remind also that he was into politics before he got into politics – and that maybe […]Archive
March 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 724
John Illsley, Never Told A Soul (1984) In a move strangely in keeping with the title of this album I’m quite sure I’ve never (until now) told a soul I’m familiar with the solo work of John Illsley. Well, that’s not quite true, I once compared tracks on a Ben Watt solo album with Illsley, […]Archive
August 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 70 The Jon McLeary Band
In the course of recording my solo album, Mark Austin and I got in various players to work on different tracks. My old buddy Les Knight played double bass on The Great Unloved and Peter Robinson did terrific piano arrangements for Your Body Stays and Say Why You Ache. When my son broke his neck […]Archive
May 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman